Abstract
Published in this second issue of Ophthalmic Epidemiology is a review article by Dr. David H. Sliney entitled ‘Epidemiological studies of sunlight and cataract: the critical factor of ultraviolet exposure geometry'. Ultraviolet radiation as a risk factor for cataract development is a hot and hotly debated controversy with conflicting results presented in a number of superb research studies by experienced ophthalmic epidemiologists. This review article by Dr. Sliney offers some insight as to why the results of these epidemiologic studies are not uniformly consistent; he points out some of the pitfalls associated with instruments we use to measure ultraviolet radiation in population-based studies, and the importance of considering the circumstances under which ultraviolet exposure to the human eye is measured, whether it be by direct measurement of ultraviolet light impinging upon the eye, questionnaire of ultraviolet light exposure history, tables of resident area of sunlight or ultraviolet A, B, or C expo...
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